That was really unexpected! Kind of long.

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krystaldawn-21 wrote:

.So I’ve already had two ultrasounds and today I had my third. At my first one we saw a gestational sac and at the second one we saw the yolk sac, gestational sac, and a tiny white spot where the baby was. At that point I guess I was a week earlier than I thought.

Today I went in for my third ultrasound and we saw the baby and a heartbeat and the baby was measuring 7 weeks and 6 days which is what I thought we’d see. The unexpected part was that we saw a second baby in a second sac! Now we did do IVF and we did transfer two embryos,but even the doctor was surprised that there was a second baby since we never saw a second sac at either ultrasound.

The nerve wracking part though is that we couldn’t find a heartbeat for that baby. The baby was also measuring 3 days behind the other baby which isn’t a big deal since it could have implanted later. We are all hoping (including the doctor) that the baby was just at an odd angle and that’s why he couldn’t pick up the heartbeat.

I just really needed to write that out and I’m wondering if anyone has heard of someone going through this and the second baby did have a heartbeat a week later. I’m just looking for hope. I am prepared for bad news if it comes too. I just want to hear some positives right now and if anyone could send good thoughts or prayers, I’d really appreciate it!! Sorry this is pretty long!

Wow what a surprise! The ultrasound says 2 days behind on the second twin, which seems great! Baby is growing and very close in size to your other babe. I’ve heard of hidden twins before. It’s possible the first twin is just blocking the view or angle of the other and it’s hard to see the heartbeat. They are like the size of blueberries in there too. Are you having another ultrasound?